Rail Heritage WA Archive Photo Gallery

A picture tells a thousand words - and in historical research,
a picture may often show something for which no words have been written.

Rail Heritage WA has collected photographs and images over many years and these are available for research purposes thanks to the assistance of Lotterywest.
Please contact our archivist if you would like full size images or more information:

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P00764345 viewsX class 1004 "KADJERDEN", station buildings, Wiluna, NR line, goods train

P05815345 viewsV class 1220 departing Collie, BN line, with brakevan heading to Brunswick Junction to pick up the ARHS "Farewell to Steam" tour train

P06372345 viewsADK class 684, ADK class 690, between Spencers Brook and Clackline, ER line, ARHS outing to Wundowie

P06406345 viewsStandard Gauge Matisa Track Recorder Car, Bellevue, the formation of the abandoned narrow line can be seen to the right of the line, elevated view looking north.

P06624345 viewsD class 246 stencilled as "Jetty 246", Albany wharf, painted white with a red cross on the door

P10002345 viewsN class 1873, hauling empty XC class bauxite wagons approaching Wellard on its first revenue service.

P12611345 viewsStation building incorporating the signal box, Clackline, ER line, building on the island platform.

T05001345 viewsZ class 1153, two tanker wagons including JOA class 10485, Esperance, CE line, side and front view

P00086344 views49 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00287344 viewsMobile crane, overhead gantry crane, Kewdale yard, loading cable drums

P00304344 viewsAH class carriage, internal view showing the basin, detailed description on the rear of the photo

P00424344 views3 of 3 views of WGX class 33218 standard gauge bogie gondola, (later reclassified to WOAX class) Midland Workshops, as new, raised view of the side and end.

P00695344 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) GM class 39 double heading with another Commonwealth Railways (CR) GM class, freight train. Kalgoorlie

P05573344 viewsCollision, ES class 336 on No.6 Passenger from Narrogin ran into the rear of No.8 Passenger from Albany to Perth, side view of the loco with the ZL roof on top, Mount Kokeby, GSR line,

P06769344 viewsAI class 432 rail motor coach, rear view, at loco depot, Port Hedland, PM line, noted on the rear of the photo that the vehicle was nicknamed the "Red Terror"

P12277344 viewsADF class on Bunbury Belle in Pinjarra platform, PMR class 724 in Pinjarra loco shed, station buildings, platform, goods shed, from southern water tower. SWR line.

P13471344 views1 of 3 images taken at Norseman, CE line, of the last steam working on the Coolgardie to Esperance line, ASG class 65 hauled ASG class 55 dead on No.156 goods ex Norseman. View of the cab and rear bunker. Fireman Barry Wintle in the cab, left to right in front of the cab are driver Ron Bradshaw, fireman Gerry Mcintyre, guard Bill Waller, driver Josh Downey, fitter Bill Rayner, fireman Tom Berg and driver Ken Nichols.

P01417344 views12 of 16 images of the pair of trestle bridges over the Canning River at Gosnells, SWR line, ADK class 632 on the bridge, view taken from the north